Robotic

We've reached the point where our technology speaks to us. But does that software have enough to say? When will we be able to build artificial intelligence with personality? And is everything getting more bland because the teams who make things are too big?

These and many other questions go completely unanswered when Simon and Sam have a conversation about robotic personalities and constraints on our creativity. 

Things we talk about:

 

Siri should be weirderAn online version of Jorge Luis Borges' Library of BabelWhy don't more artist types get involved with technologyThe best ever Twitter account, Horse eBooks (Sam knows it was fake but doesn't care)The movie HerBlack Mirror Season 2 Episode 1, "Be Right Back"Why the need for merchandising made Avengers: Age of Ultron so badBenedict Cumberbatch reading Kafka's Metamorphosis makes Sam's panties explodeAnother movie about robots with personality, Ex Machina What you can learn from film-makers about how to run your company betterRelated: how the principles of Agile programming can help you run your family better Assembly: a platform that helps to co-ordinate project-based virtual teamsTwo great dice-based games: StoryCubes and Zombie Dice

“Twitter can fuck off.”

— Sam